Ethiopian Yirgacheffe Coffee

I got Marc some of these beans for Christmas. As a linguist there are just not that many words I have problems saying, so from moment I tried to wrap my tongue around the name I was intrigued.

Like it. Like it alot.

The color was rich and dark and the aroma was good. When I am tasting a coffee to actually review it I drink it black..when I just want to be really, really nice to myself I drink it with stevia and heavy cream. So..the first sip tasted like coffee…really good coffee..o.k…then my mouth was filled with a smoky fig taste. FIGS?

Yep. My son in law tasted it too. It is almost a wine taste but very reminiscent of figs. Very complex.

Did I mention that it was really really good?

Now I want to talk to my roaster to see if she can get it. I was not happy with the dryness of the beans I got, not alot of oil to them and as you all know, I am so very spoiled!

Now, Green Mountain says that theirs has an orange blossom fragrance, and another site said that it had the taste of lavender but trust me, guys, it is smoked fig wine. All the way.

So, some background. First, you say it yur-ga-SHEF. And apparently it is pretty rare to find it. And, haha, it comes from Ethiopia. I can’t help but be amazed at all the flavors that are attributed to it but everyone seems to agree that it is awesome good and that it has some incredible layers of flavor.

If you really want to experience taste sensation, try this coffee with lemon poppy seed bread. Why? The fig flavor is going to go amazingly well and your mouth is going to dance off your face…sort of. In theory.

Later- 

O.k..I am going to write an addendum ONLY because Marc just made another pot of the stuff…and I have to admit that the first sip was….lemon. But to me that is not nearly as prevalent as the fig endnotes. The SMOKY fig endnotes.

So there.